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| Keywords: Ivan Bilibin 071.jpg Замужняя женщина Олонецкой губе нии Ка гопольского уезда из се ии а оды усских севе ных губе ний 1905 г Отк ытка издания Общины св Евгении Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin 1876-1942 RUSSIAN A MARRIED WOMAN FROM OLONETS PROVINCE 1905 signed in Cyrillic and dated 1905 lower right ; inscribed Costume du Nord 1907 and in Cyrillic on the reverse watercolor and ink on paper 15 1/4 by 11 in 39 by 28 cm This lot is accompanied by a postcard designed from A Married Woman of Olonets Province and issued by the publishing house of the Red Cross Society of St Eugenia St Petersburg Objects used in everyday peasant life photographs and sketches brought back from the Russian North and an assortment of publications dealing with the cultural history of Russia were Bilibin's constant companions In 1904 the ethnographic department of the Russian Museum sent the artist to Olonets Province near Petrozavodsk The trip resulted in a series of postcards for the Red Cross Society of St Eugenia for which the present lot is a study The members of the World of Art group Bilibin among them gladly contributed to the publications of the Society of St Eugenia founded in St Petersburg in 1882 The society's publishing house largely devoted itself to education; its series of open letters travel guides and monographs introduced the Russian public to the nation's cities artistic treasures and works by contemporary artists http //www sothebys com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/russian-art-n08428/lot 113 html 1905 Creator Ivan Bilibin PD-old-auto 1942 Postcards by Ivan Bilibin V Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources V Female national costumes of Russia in art Russian costumes of Olonets Governorate Images from Sotheby's Private collections of Russian art | ||||
